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Large-scale economically-driven encroachments into tropical rainforest environments are major factors for disease emergence. A better understanding of the process of disease emergence can be best derived from a multilevel, transdisciplinary ecosystem approach that analyzes health data in its biological, ecological, social, and cultural context. Multiple methods, including ethnographic techniques,...
An ecosystem approach to community health seeks to investigate human health concerns from an ecological perspective. The goal is to improve the health of community members by instituting sustainable ecosystem management strategies that will preserve the health of both the ecosystem and its inhabitants. This article reports on a study in a rural community in Ghana that employed an ecosystem approach...
Antipodean pioneers of transdisciplinary (TD) thinking at the University of Newcastle, Glenn Albrecht and Nick Higginbotham have applied this perspective to contexts of human health globally and to the development of health social science as an emerging TD field. Nick Higginbotham has successfully championed the cause of TD thinking in international networks such as The International Clinical Epidemiology...
Over the past 10years many new viruses have been identified in Australia and the Asian region. The viruses have been isolated from, and/or identified in, a range of animals; some of these viruses are of veterinary and medical importance while others are new threats to biodiversity. Of these viruses, Hendra and Nipah viruses have emerged as significant zoonotic agents belonging to the family Paramyxoviridae...
Beginning in 1993, an elective rotation in ecosystem health was implemented for final-year students in the veterinary curriculum in Canada. The four veterinary colleges collaborated on the delivery of the course, which rotated to a different region of the country each year. The course has been primarily case-based and problem-driven. The first 4 years involved a wide range of pedagogical experiments...
This is a report of our experience over the past year in developing our program in global health at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Key steps have included an analysis of our needs and strengths, recruitment of interested faculty from existing departments, strategic meetings of faculty, formation of a vision for a Center for Global Health, design of an introductory cross-disciplinary...
This planets most likely political/population scenario for the 21st century anticipates more people, more spatial movement, and more transnational interactions. Global health increasingly will be shaped by encounters among clinicians and patients who meet in health-care settings where cultural, ethnic, and national-origin match is not an available option. In multinational clinical consultations, bicultural...
Since 1991, Envirovet Summer Institutes have provided an intensive educational program in wildlife and ecosystem health to approximately 225 animal health professionals. Envirovet provides knowledge, skills, and multiple mentors to catalyze ecosystem health-oriented careers for young veterinarians. It is a total immersion experience, with the students engaged in 60–70 hours a week of instruction,...
This short report provides a brief overview of the development of materials for use in a new portion of the medical school curriculum at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. The new material is related to ecosystem health and human health issues. How this material was introduced, including the various formats used, is presented. Student evaluations are also addressed.
Medical geology is an emerging discipline that, broadly defined, examines the public health impacts of geologic materials and geologic processes. The scope and range of medical geology include: (1) identifying and characterizing natural and anthropogenic sources of harmful materials in the environment; (2) learning how to predict the movement and alteration of chemical, infectious, and other disease-causing...
The evolution of a new paradigm, ecosystem health, began with the coining of the term “ecosystem medicine” in the late 1970 s. From its humble roots, it has matured into a dynamic area of study with concepts relevant to every facet of life. Increasingly, ecosystem health principles are flourishing in professional curricula while its tenets transcend disciplinary boundaries. This article is part of...
In order to present a holistic view of defining problems and exploring long-term solutions for health-related issues, several colleges and universities are adopting an ecosystem health approach. While these curricular offerings are varied in nature, a number of common themes appear to be emerging. The case study is the preferred method for introducing the subject matter as this provides immediate...
This supplement shows that ecosystem health has become a vital part of the curriculum in a small number of medical, veterinary, and public health schools. This limited, but important, experience provides the groundwork for further expansion into other professional schools and into other universities. Although ecosystem health has defined underlying principles, previous experience has shown that each...
The Center for Conservation Medicine at Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine (TuftsCCM), has helped to define the concept of conservation medicine as a new science that examines the interaction between human, animal, and environmental health. One the Center’s main objectives in pursuing this new science has been to incorporate conservation medicine and ecosystem health principles into the...
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